Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux Operating Systems 93
The following is an example of custom RPMs-based installation of Server Administrator, including the
installation of the Storage Management Service and Diagnostics Service components.
1
Log on as root to the system running the supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system where
you want to install the managed system components.
2 Insert the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD into the CD drive.
3 If necessary, mount the CD using a command such as: mount /mnt/cdrom .
4 Navigate to the srvadmin/linux/custom directory.
5 Type the following command.
rpm -ihv srvadmin-base/*.rpm add-diagnostics/*.rpm
add-storageservices/*.rpm
NOTE: The add-RAC3 and add-RAC4 packages are mutually exclusive.
Server Administrator services do not start automatically.
6 Start the Server Administrator services after the installation by using the command:
sh srvadmin-services start
Using the Shell Script to Perform the Custom Installation
You can run the Server Administrator Custom Install script in interactive mode or in silent and
unattended mode.
The basic usage of the script is:
srvadmin-install.sh [OPTION]...
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility
This utility will run in interactive mode if you do not specify any options, and it will run silently if you
provide one or more options.
The options are:
[-x|--express] installs all components including RAC. Any other options passed will be ignored.
[-b|--base] installs Base components.
[-d|--diags] installs Diagnostics components, including Base.
[-s|--storage] installs Storage components, including Base.
[-r|--rac] installs applicable RAC components, including Base.
[-w|--web] installs Web Server components, including Base.